While on the 0.6-mile Tree Swallow Trail, a faint, telegraphic tapping on trees could be heard at times.

There’s skunks, raccoons and various birds.” All of our parks, we’re going to get the typical woodland habitat if it’s a woodland area with the deer and the squirrels. We also hear coyotes howling on summer nights in that park. A squirrel was heard munching away and then seen on a fallen log before it scampered away, camera-shy. On two frozen/frigid mornings in January, hikes along the trails included within the 97-acre park revealed a few things.įirst, no deer were sighted, but tracks of deer hooves were spotted. We share an entrance drive, and we also share trails.” We overlapped our time frames quite a bit. “The parks were sort of developed at the same time. “What happened was the Havener family, when they donated the property (in 2006), they donated half to Liberty Township and half to Preservation Parks at the same time,” said Sue Hagan, spokeswoman for Preservation Parks. These side-by-side parks have a common heritage. However, if you stay to the right and drive past that lot, you’ll enter adjacent Deer Haven Park, which is another animal entirely. That’s Havener Park, and it is maintained by Liberty Township. When it’s nice, the open space is used as soccer fields. There’s a main parking lot to the left with a maintained open space before some woods and pet-friendly walking trails. That’s because when you pull into the entrance, you see Havener Park listed above Deer Haven. Nestled between Delaware and Powell is Deer Haven Park, a gem of Preservation Parks of Delaware County that is easy to overlook. Located at 4183 Liberty Road in Delaware, Deer Haven Park is part of Preservation Parks of Delaware County. Pictured is the creek that flows through Deer Haven Park.

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